A growing number of retailers are asking their customers, with the exception of law enforcement officers, to no longer openly carry guns in their stores.The requests come after the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed dozens of people.In a Tweet on Monday, Aldi officials wrote: "The safety of our employees, customers and the community is our highest priority. Alongside many other businesses, we are asking that our customers refrain from openly displaying firearms in any of our stores, except for authorized law enforcement personnel."Walmart, CVS, Kroger, Giant Eagle, Wegmans and Walgreens have all made similar requests."We join a growing chorus of businesses in requesting that our customers, other than authorized law enforcement personnel, do not bring firearms into our stores," CVS said in a Tweet.Following the mass shooting in August at an El Paso Walmart store, the company announced this month it would end all handgun ammunition and "short-barrel rifle ammunition" sales.According to USA Today, a number of retailers have made similar policies in previous years. Those stores include: Target, Trader Joe's, Starbucks, Chili's, Sonic, Panera Bread, Whataburger and Costco.CNN contributed to this report.

A growing number of retailers are asking their customers, with the exception of law enforcement officers, to no longer openly carry guns in their stores.

The requests come after the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed dozens of people.

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In a Tweet on Monday, Aldi officials wrote: "The safety of our employees, customers and the community is our highest priority. Alongside many other businesses, we are asking that our customers refrain from openly displaying firearms in any of our stores, except for authorized law enforcement personnel."